California's economy is recovering from its worst recession since the Great Depression — no doubt about that. But its recovery…
It was oh-so-polite, but an initial airing of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget in a state Senate committee Thursday foretold…
When the Los Angeles Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants in the latter's ballpark, fans chant “Beat L.A., Beat L.A.”…
Years — even decades — of intense academic and political debate over closing the stubbornly wide achievement gap that separates…
The biggest political story in California this year didn’t happen in the Capitol or other political arenas. Rather, it was…
Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration released two massive documents earlier this week detailing its plans to build twin tunnels beneath the…
Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmark overhaul of public schools’ finances was aimed at their most vexing issue — chronically low academic…
The term rarely arises in the state Capitol, being a little too abstract for its denizens, but the practice permeates…
By Dan Walters The term “rent-seeking” entered the economic lexicon in the mid-1970s, meaning the employment of political pull to…
When California voters passed a multibillion-dollar sales- and income-tax increase last year, they raised hopes of countless interest groups. Almost…
